Student Visa

[unclesammi]

Originally Posted by horsebite

hi bros,

anyone any idea how long it takes and cost to apply for a student Visa to study english in Singapore?and what is the procedure?

Try British council. You can see their website online.

[Rof|maoxz]

Originally Posted by horsebite

anyone any idea how long it takes and cost to apply for a student Visa to study english in Singapore?and what is the procedure?

Which province?

Originally Posted by raiders

The processing fees charged by the school is normally between $600-$1k. The school fees is normally about $1200-$1600 per semester (3 months). Normally, they will want you to study 6 months. So, all in all, you spend about less than $4k for a 6 months course. Ask them for a 'recommendation fee' and you'll save a couple of hundreds. Hope it helps.

Not so much on the school fees, it is the approval of the student pass which matters most.

Originally Posted by unclesammi

Try British council. You can see their website online.

High class leh.

[geylangbonker]

High class leh. [/QUOTE]

most of the prcs ....engaged in activities like daytime..."ABC" ....AT NITE...."KTV"...!abt 70% are not really serious in their studies...but serious in in their money....!some of them really can make it in english...as well as in their money...these are the really smart prcs and they know what they aiming for in life from all the way from their homeland to our land...

[mirkblood]

bro paramax,

there's a so call "workaround" to it but does nt comes cheap .. ppl like Informatics can do the application (higher chance) on behalf of student... BUT their course fees is high ..

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by horsebite

hi bros,

anyone any idea how long it takes and cost to apply for a student Visa to study english in Singapore?and what is the procedure?

This u can ask me, but first u must buy me a jug of beer. When u want the answer?

[84gunner]

wah, knn, these language courses / schools really kill pple set fire!

[84gunner]

Originally Posted by paramax

Bro,

I got a PRC friend, she just went to renew her student visa, however after she went to ICA twice, they declined her application. She does not really know the reason why as she got difficulty understanding the officer, but she felt that it might because of her lousy English even after study a year here.

Now she was asked to leave the country after a month, so is there any way to help on the situation? Any solution that can help her to extend her student visa.

Thank in advance for the advice.

I think it might be easier 4 her to go back PRC, make an artificial ID + passport, then use the new passport 2 apply. These artificial IDs cost only a few thousand RMB.

[ass_robber]

enrol in poly, no questions asked. Can work part time somemore. After poly, guaranteed PR status. Along the way, find a job, just quit from poly. Take some no brainer course like business or something like that, where its hard to fail and study v little one. If not, every 6 months to 1 year must reapply visa again.

[84gunner]

Originally Posted by ass_robber

enrol in poly, no questions asked. Can work part time somemore. After poly, guaranteed PR status. Along the way, find a job, just quit from poly. Take some no brainer course like business or something like that, where its hard to fail and study v little one. If not, every 6 months to 1 year must reapply visa again.

I tink she even have problems wif english language, & she oso has 2 produce TOEFL or equivalent, & sit 4 poly entrance exam, which is in english, when enrolling into poly, not 2 mention, poly teaching materials r all in english.

When she quit poly b4 course completion, her student visa will be invalid immediately.

If got such easy 2 pass no brainer courses, then SG will have lotsa no brainer pple (incl foreigners) wif certificates liao!

He oredi said, ICA rejected her student visa extension 2 times oredi.

[ass_robber]

there are many burmese who can only manage basic english, take the english test back home at the british council, and are in nursing programs in the polys. Of course when you quit the school, your visa is terminated. but you are allowed to apply to work etc etc.

there are many reasons why the visa applications is rejected. For example, if she is of a certain qualification in China, she may be over qualified to be taking english courses for 6 months or if she is over 30s and put in application to study for english here. the possibilities goes on.

[mebirdie]

Originally Posted by paramax

Bro,
Now she was asked to leave the country after a month, so is there any way to help on the situation? Any solution that can help her to extend her student visa.

If she cannot even understand simple english word after 1 year of study, how to convince the ICA officer to approve te application?
She can try to extend the VISA at china side through the agent.

Originally Posted by 84gunner

I think it might be easier 4 her to go back PRC, make an artificial ID + passport, then use the new passport 2 apply. These artificial IDs cost only a few thousand RMB.

If she take a Artifical ID, she will need a
- artifical high school certificate
- artifical household
- artitical 6 month bank fixed deposit

This is not cheap and also do not know whether can be done. Student visa very seldom people use artifical ID. Too much related document involved.

Originally Posted by ass_robber

enrol in poly, no questions asked.

Poly is for those geniue student. They must obtain a very good high school result or university. Must be able to communicate in english. This application cannot be fake as it will be exposed easily

[whiskynaam]

The other time help my friend go to check... they say have to show the equivilent to 30k SGD fixed D to show that you are finicially viable to stay for the course????!!! For what you guys said here, anyone knows exactly what is needed? I mean to get the visa, interms of sucurity deposit, or how much money to show in bank that you have or something.... anyone??

[mebirdie]

Originally Posted by whiskynaam

The other time help my friend go to check... they say have to show the equivilent to 30k SGD fixed D to show that you are finicially viable to stay for the course????!!!

300K RMB 6 month fixed deposit. Not refering to security deposit.

[paramax]

Bro,

Really appreciate all the advise. Till now I got no ideal what the main reason for the application to be rejected. Maybe like some brother here who agreed that after a year of study here for English, and she can't even make a simple English conversation might likely be the cause. Acutally she went to ask her school for help, and they told her it was quite tough for her to get renewal.

I'm thinking of getting her application reference number and help her do a check next Monday, at least I will know the real cause.

Thank again!

[diesel]

换学校是最好的办法。只有学校可以延期学生准征。

这里有网友是开私人学校兼教育补习中心。看他们要不要帮你。